Chicken Run Quotes

Chicken Run is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Chicken Run ended its run in 1970.

It features Peter Lord, Nick Park, and David Sproxton as producer, John Powell; Harry Gregson-Williams in charge of musical score, and Dave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver, and Frank Passingham as head of cinematography.

Chicken Run is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Chicken Run is 80 minutes long. Chicken Run is distributed by DreamWorks Pictures.

The cast includes: Mel Gibson as Rocky, Lynn Ferguson as Mac, Jane Horrocks as Babs, Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler, Timothy Spall as Nick, Phil Daniels as Fetcher, Julia Sawalha as Ginger, Imelda Staunton as Bunty, Miranda Richardson as Mr. Tweedy, and Phil Daniels as Hen.

Chicken Run Quotes

Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Absolutely outrageous. Asking a senior officer to share his quarters. And with a noncommissioned Yank, no less. Why, back in my day, I'd never --"
• (Mel Gibson) "Hey. You weren't exactly my first choice, either. And scoot over. Your wing's on my side of the bunk."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Your side of the bunk? The whole bunk is my side of the bunk."
• (Mel Gibson) "Just -- What's that smell? Is that your breath?"
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "It's absolutely outrageous."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Increase velocity."
• (Jane Horrocks) "What does that mean?"
• (Imelda Staunton) "It means pedal your flippin' giblets out."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Great Scott, what was that?"
• (Lynn Ferguson) "A cling-on, Cap'n, and the engines can't take it."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "I don't like the look of this one. His eyes are too close together."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Fowler, please."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "And he's a Yank."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Pushy Americans, always showing up late for every war. Overpaid, oversexed, and over here."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Why, back in my RAF days --"

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Now see here. I, I don't recall authorising a hop."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Oh, shut up and dance."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "We need more power."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "I cannot work miracles, cap'n. We're giving her all she's got."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Keep pedaling. We're not there yet. You can't see paradise if you don't pedal."

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "That's how you get medals."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Will you shut up about your stupid blooming medals."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "How dare you."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Ohh."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Madam, forgive me. As an officer, I offer my most sincere --"

• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Good grief. The turnip's bought it."

Mel Gibson as Rocky

• (Mel Gibson) "Easy, Pops. Cockfighting is illegal where I come from."

• (Mel Gibson) "Ouch. What happened to my wing?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "You took a rather nasty fall."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "And sprained the anterior tendon connecting your radius to your humerus. I gave her a wee bit of a tweak, Jimmy, and wrapped her up."
• (Mel Gibson) "Was that English?"

• (Mel Gibson) "Sleep tight, angel face. The Rock's on the case."

• (Mel Gibson) "Now, the most important thing is, we have to work as a team, which means: you do everything I tell you."

• (Mel Gibson) "-- And the pig says to the horse, "Hey, fella. Why the long face?""

• (Mel Gibson) "Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You wanna get every chicken in this place out of here at the same time ?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "Of course."
• (Mel Gibson) "You're certifiable. You can't pull off a stunt like that; that's suicide."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Where there's a will, there's a way."
• (Mel Gibson) "Couldn't agree more. And I will be leaving that way."

• (Mel Gibson) "You see, I'm a traveller by nature. I did that whole barnyard thing for a while but I couldn't really get into it."
• (Mel Gibson) "Hi, how are you?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Nope. The open road, that's more my style. Yep, just give me a pack on my back and point me where the wind blows. In fact, you know what they call me back home? You're gonna love this: The Lone Free Ranger."

• (Mel Gibson) "The name's Rocky. Rocky the Rhode Island Red. Rhodes for short."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Rocky Rhodes?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Catchy, ain't it?"

• (Mel Gibson) "Ouch. What happened to my wing?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "You took a rather nasty fall."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "And sprained the Anterior Tendon connecting your Radius to your Humerus. I gave it a wee bit of a tweak, and wrapped her up."
• (Mel Gibson) "Was that English?"

• (Mel Gibson) "What's happening? What's going on?"
• (Jane Horrocks) "They took Ginger, Mr. Rhodes. They're taking her to the chop."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Well, what are you waiting for, laddie? Fly over there. Save her."
• (Mel Gibson) "Of course; No, No. That's just what they'd expect. But I say, we give them the old element of surprise."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "And catch Jerry with his trousers down. I like the sound of that; what's the plan?"
• (Mel Gibson) "The plan -- um, the plan. The plan. Uh; Babs, give me that thing. Bunty, give me a boost."

• (Mel Gibson) "You see, over in America, we have this rule. If you want to motivate someone, don't; mention; death."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Funny; the rule here is: always tell the truth."
• (Mel Gibson) "Boy, that's been working like a real charm, hasn't it? Let me give you some free advice: you want them to perform? Tell them what they wanna hear."
• (Julia Sawalha) "You mean lie?"

• (Mel Gibson) "You see, flying takes three things: Hard work, perseverance and -- hard work."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "You said hard work twice."
• (Mel Gibson) "That's because it takes twice as much work as perseverance."

• (Mel Gibson) "Oh, just a little place I call the land of the free and the home of the brave."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "Scotland."
• (Mel Gibson) "No. America."

• (Mel Gibson) "Is there a problem here?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "Have we flown over that fence?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Not, uh -- not quite."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Then there's a problem."

• (Mel Gibson) "Guys, you are without a doubt the sneakiest, most light-fingered thieving parasites I've ever met."
• (Timothy Spall) "Oh, don't, don't. Stop it."
• (Phil Daniels) "I've gone bright red."

• (Mel Gibson) "FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM."

• (Mel Gibson) "It's like an oven in here."

• (Mel Gibson) "You know what your problem is? You're -- difficult."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Why? Because I'm honest? I care about what happens to them. Something I wouldn't expect a Lone Free Ranger to know anything about."
• (Mel Gibson) "Hey, if that's the way you go about showing it, I hope you never care about me."
• (Julia Sawalha) "I can assure you, I never will."
• (Mel Gibson) "Good."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Fine."

Timothy Spall as Nick

• (Timothy Spall) "Here's a thought. Why don't we get an egg and start our own chicken farm? That way we'd have all the eggs we could eat."
• (Phil Daniels) "Right. We'll need a chicken, then."
• (Timothy Spall) "No -- no, we'll need an egg. You have the egg first, that's where you get the chicken from."
• (Phil Daniels) "No, that's cobblers. If you don't have a chicken, where are you going to get the egg?"
• (Timothy Spall) "From the chicken that comes from the egg."
• (Phil Daniels) "Yeah, but you have to have an egg to have a chicken."
• (Timothy Spall) "Yeah, but you've got to get the chicken first to get the egg, and then you get the egg -- to get the chicken out of --"
• (Phil Daniels) "Hang on. Let's go over this again?"

• (Timothy Spall) "Right. Just like the ones that rooster was gonna lay. Only roosters don't lay eggs, do they?"
• (Phil Daniels) "Don't they?"
• (Timothy Spall) "No, it's a lady thing, apparently; ask your mum."

• (Timothy Spall) "The exits are located here and here. In the quite likely event of an emergency, put your head between your knees --"
• (Phil Daniels) "and kiss your bum goodbye."

• (Timothy Spall) "We slipped into the farmer's room, all quiet like."
• (Phil Daniels) "Like a fish."
• (Timothy Spall) "Yeah, and we -- "Like a fish"? You stupid norbert."

• (Timothy Spall) "Eggs from heaven."
• (Phil Daniels) "No. From her bum."

• (Timothy Spall) "Imagine a world before chickens; a chickenless, eggless world --"
• (Phil Daniels) "I am; and it's horrible."

• (Timothy Spall) "Well, here she is. Ask and you shall receive."
• (Phil Daniels) "That's Biblical."
• (Timothy Spall) "That's real craftmanship, is what it is. Solid as a rock."
• (Phil Daniels) "It's supposed to do that."

• (Timothy Spall) "Poultry in motion."

• (Timothy Spall) "We slipped into the farmer's room, all quiet like --"
• (Phil Daniels) "Like a fish."
• (Timothy Spall) "Yeah, and we --"
• (Timothy Spall) ""Like a fish"? You stupid norbert."

• (Timothy Spall) "What's this caper love?"
• (Jane Horrocks) "We're flying."
• (Timothy Spall) "Obviously."
• (Timothy Spall) "Flippin' 'ell. Look at this, Fetch."
• (Phil Daniels) "They're gonna kill themselves."
• (Phil Daniels) "Wanna watch?"
• (Timothy Spall) "Yeah, all right."

Julia Sawalha as Ginger

• (Julia Sawalha) "There's a whole world out there."

• (Julia Sawalha) "But you're supposed to be up there; you're the pilot."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Don't be ridiculous. I can't fly this contraption."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Back in your day? The Royal Air Force?"
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "644 Squadron, Poultry Division; we were the mascots."
• (Julia Sawalha) "You mean you never actually flew the plane?"
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Good heavens, no. I'm a chicken. The Royal Air Force doesn't let chickens behind the controls of a complex aircraft."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Ladies, please. Let's not lose our heads."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Lose our heads? Aaaahh."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Bunty, why didn't you give her some of yours?"
• (Imelda Staunton) "I would have. She didn't tell me. She didn't tell anyone."

• (Julia Sawalha) "This isn't good, Mac. IWhatever is in those boxes is for us, and I don't think it's softer hay."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Think, everyone, think. What haven't we tried yet?"
• (Imelda Staunton) "We haven't tried not trying to escape."
• (Jane Horrocks) "Hmm. That might work."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Heaven help us."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Teach us to fly and we'll hide you."
• (Mel Gibson) "And if I don't?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Was your father by any chance a vulture ?"

• (Julia Sawalha) "We can't give you our eggs. They're too valuable."
• (Timothy Spall) "And so are we."
• (Timothy Spall) "After you, Fetcher."
• (Phil Daniels) "-- After I what?"
• (Timothy Spall) "Move."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Comfortable?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Not, really."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Maybe this'll help."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Fowler, you have to fly it. You're always talking about "back in your day"; well, today is your day."
• (Imelda Staunton) "You can do it, you old sausage."
• (Benjamin Whitrow) "Wing Commander T.I. Fowler, reporting for duty."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Um, I just wanted to say, I may have been a bit harsh at first. Well, what I really mean is: thank you, for saving my life. For saving our lives. You know, I come up here every night and look out to that hill, and imagine what it must be like on the other side. It's funny, I've; I've never actually felt grass beneath my feet. I'm sorry. Here I am rambling on about hills and grass, and you had something you wanted to say."
• (Mel Gibson) "Uh, y-yeah. Um, it's just that, you know -- life, as I've experienced it; you know, out there lone free rangin' and stuff; it's, uh -- it's full of dissapointment, and, uh --"
• (Julia Sawalha) "What, you mean grass isn't all it's cracked up to be?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Grass. Exactly, grass. It's always greener on the other side. And then you get there, and it's brown and prickly. You see what I'm trying to say?"
• (Mel Gibson) "What I'm trying to say is -- you're welcome."
• (Julia Sawalha) "You know, that hill is looking closer tonight than it ever has before."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Well, good night -- Rocky."
• (Mel Gibson) "Good night -- Ginger."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Something is wrong here; can't you see that? Strange boxes arrive during the night. Babs stops laying but they don't take her to the chop, and now they're giving us extra food. Don't you see what's happening? They're fattening us up. They're going to kill us all."

• (Julia Sawalha) "That's for leaving."
• (Julia Sawalha) "And this is for coming back."

• (Julia Sawalha) "We've got to get out of here."

• (Julia Sawalha) "You know what the problem is? The fences aren't just round the farm. They're up here, in you heads. There's a better place out there, somewhere beyond that hill, and it has wide open places, and lots of trees -- and grass. Can you imagine that? Cool, green grass."
• (Phil Daniels) "Who feeds us?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "We feed ourselves."
• (Phil Daniels) "Where's the farm?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "There is no farm."
• (Jane Horrocks) "Then, where does the farmer live?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "There is no farmer, Babs."
• (Jane Horrocks) "Is he on holiday?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "He isn't anywhere. Don't you get it? There's no morning head count, no farmers, no dogs and coops and keys, and no fences."
• (Imelda Staunton) "In all my life I've never heard such a fantastic -- load of tripe. Oh, face the facts, ducks: the chances of us getting out of here are a million to one."

• (Julia Sawalha) "I thought you were teaching us how to fly."
• (Mel Gibson) "That's what I'm doing."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Isn't there usually some flapping involved?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Hey, do I tell you how to lay eggs?"

• (Julia Sawalha) "We need some more things."
• (Timothy Spall) "Right you are, miss."
• (Timothy Spall) "How about this quality, handcrafted tea set?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "No, thanks."
• (Phil Daniels) "Or this lovely necklace and pendant?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "It's love --"
• (Timothy Spall) "Or this little number that's all the rage in the most fashionable coops in Paree? Simply pop it on like so --"
• (Timothy Spall) "And as the French hens say, "Voilá.""
• (Phil Daniels) "That is French."
• (Timothy Spall) "It's two hats in one, miss. For parties --"
• (Timothy Spall) "For weddings. Oh, madame. This makes you look like a vision, like a dream."
• (Phil Daniels) "Like a duck."

• (Julia Sawalha) "Uh, Mr. Rhodes, perhaps I didn't explain our situation properly. We lay eggs; day in and day out. And when we can't lay any more, they kill us."
• (Mel Gibson) "It's a cruel world, dollface. Might as well get used to it."
• (Julia Sawalha) "What part of 'They kill us' do you not understand?"

Phil Daniels as Fetcher

• (Phil Daniels) "The tension's killing me."
• (Timothy Spall) "It's gonna kill her."

• (Phil Daniels) "Birds of a feather, flop together."

• (Phil Daniels) "It's raining hen."

• (Phil Daniels) "And what brings you to England, Mr Rhodes?"
• (Mel Gibson) "Why, all the beautiful English chicks, of course."

Miranda Richardson as Mr. Tweedy

• (Miranda Richardson) "What is it?"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "It's a pie machine, you idiot. Chickens go in, pies come out."
• (Miranda Richardson) "Ooh. What kind of pies?"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Apple."
• (Miranda Richardson) "My favourite."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Chicken pies, you great lummox. Imagine. In less than a fortnight, every grocers' in the county will be stocked with box upon box of Mrs. Tweedy's Homemade Chicken Pies."
• (Miranda Richardson) "Just "Mrs."?"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Woman's touch. Makes the public feel more comfortable."

• (Miranda Richardson) "Me tools. Why you thieving little buggers."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "What's the plan?"
• (Julia Sawalha) "ATTAAACK."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Nice plan."

• (Miranda Richardson) "Oh, yes. Those chickens are up to something."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Quiet. I'm onto something."
• (Miranda Richardson) "They're organised, I know it."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "I said quiet."
• (Miranda Richardson) "And that Ginger one, I recon she's their leader."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Mr. Tweedy. I may finally have found a way to make us some real money around here and what are you on about? Ridiculous notions of escaping chickens."
• (Miranda Richardson) "But -- but --"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "It's all in your head, Mr. Tweedy. Say it."
• (Miranda Richardson) "It's all in me head. It's all in me head."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Now, you keep telling yourself that because I don't want to hear another word about it. Is that clear?"
• (Miranda Richardson) "Yes, love. But you know that Ginger one --"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "They're chickens, you dolt. Apart from you, they're the most stupid creatures on this planet. They don't plot, they don't scheme, and they are not organised."

• (Miranda Richardson) "I'll teach you to make a fool out of me."
• (Miranda Richardson) "Now let that be a lesson to the lot of ya: no chicken escapes from Tweedy's farm."

• (Miranda Richardson) "Me tools. Why, you thieving little buggers."

• (Miranda Richardson) "Mrs Tweedy. The chickens are revolting."
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Finally, something we agree on."

• (Miranda Richardson) "What -- what -- what's all this, then?"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "This is our future, Mr. Tweedy. No more wasting time with petty egg collecting and minuscule profits."
• (Miranda Richardson) "No more eggs? But we've always been egg farmers. Me father, and his father, and all their fathers, they was all --"
• (Mrs. Tweedy) "Poor. Worthless. Nothings. But all that is about to change. This will take Tweedy's farm out of the Dark Ages and into full-scale automated production. Melicia Tweedy will be poor no longer."

• (Miranda Richardson) "Chickens go in; pies come out. Chicken pies. Not apple pies, chicken."

• (Miranda Richardson) "I told you they was organised."

Lynn Ferguson as Mac

• (Lynn Ferguson) "A cannon. Aye, that would give ye thrust."

• (Lynn Ferguson) "I thought we tried going under the fence."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "Ah. Over. Right."

• (Lynn Ferguson) "Right, we tried going under the fence, and that didn't work. So the plan now is, we go over it."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "This is us, right? We go in here, like this, wind her up, and let her go."

Jane Horrocks as Babs

• (Jane Horrocks) "All me life flashed before me eyes."
• (Jane Horrocks) "It was really borin'."

• (Jane Horrocks) "Perhaps he just went on holiday."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Perhaps he just went to get away from your infernal knitting."
• (Lynn Ferguson) "Well, you were the one that was always hitting him. Let's see how you like it."
• (Imelda Staunton) "Don't push me, four-eyes."

• (Jane Horrocks) "Chicken feed. My favourite."

• (Jane Horrocks) "I knew he was fake all along. In fact, I'm not even certain he was American."

• (Jane Horrocks) "I don't want to be a pie. I don't like gravy."

Imelda Staunton as Bunty

• (Imelda Staunton) "In all my life, I've never heard such a fantastic -- load of tripe. Oh, face the facts, ducks. The chances of us getting out of here are a million to one."
• (Julia Sawalha) "Then there's still a chance."

• (Imelda Staunton) "We mustn't panic. We mustn't panic."

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